Enabling a competitive multi-vendor market
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Coud has matured from a buzzword to a fully realised operational reality. It can offer numerous advantages for those adopting cloud computing, such as decreased costs, higher flexibility, efficiency and security, ... [Continue Reading]

In September 2017, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Cybersecurity (the ‘Cybersecurity Act’), which includes a section defining a regulatory framework for the cybersecurity certification of ICT products and services. Improved trust is key to delivering the Digital Single Market, but: to what extent does the proposed framework address real cybersecurity needs? and can ... [Continue Reading]

Just a month into my new role at OFE and I am reminded of how short autumn is in Brussels. After the lull of August, September is full of buzz and promise, and then sometime by mid-October it’s time to start worrying about achieving anything before the place starts to slow down for Christmas.So, with November already upon us, I wanted to provide an overview of the topics that are keeping us busy ... [Continue Reading]

Jochen Friedrich is Chair of the OFE Standardisation Task Force and OFA Fellow. This post was originally published on his blog. The European Commission published today [1 June] its Communication on “EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ” - COM(2016) 358. It is publicly available on the Commission website. And it comes with a Staff Working paper - SWD(2016) 186 final. As indicated by the ... [Continue Reading]